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From
sermon notes from my former pastor
The
Parable of the Good Samaritan Luke
10:25-37
25On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to
test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do
to inherit eternal life?"
26"What is written in the Law?" he replied.
"How do you read it?"
27He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with
all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength
and with all your mind'[3]
; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'[4]
"
28"You have answered correctly," Jesus
replied. "Do this and you will live."
29But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked
Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
30In reply Jesus said: "A man was going down
from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he fell into the hands of
robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went
away, leaving him half dead. 31A priest happened to
be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed
by on the other side. 32So too, a Levite, when he
came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33But
a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he
saw him, he took pity on him. 34He went to him and
bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the
man on his own donkey, took him to an inn and took care of him. 35The
next day he took out two silver coins[5]
and gave them to the innkeeper. 'Look after him,' he said, 'and
when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you
may have.'
36"Which of these three do you think was a
neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?"
37The expert in the law replied, "The one who
had mercy on him."
Jesus told him, "Go and do likewise."
Are
you settling for the minimum?
Luke
10:29 29But he wanted to justify himself, so he
asked Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?"
By
wanting to justify himself, he was really saying, “What is
the least I have to do”
Things,
which keep us from being obedient;
Personal
Desires;
of having bigger and more, the “keeping up with the Jones’s
is still very much alive.” Luke
12:18
Materialism;
is very much alive in the lives of most people, our minds are
saturated with advertisements which tell us we can not get along
with out certain items.
1
Timothy 6
10For the love of money is a root of all kinds
of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the
faith and pierced themselves with many grief's.
Popularity;
everyone
wants to be liked and complemented, even if it means
compromising there values and beliefs.
John
12
43for they loved praise from men more than praise
from God.
Racism;
but
not in it’s true definition; we have an innate desire
to be with people who share the same values and are of equal
socio economic status. We need to realize God created us
“all” as His children.
Galatians
3:28
28There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free,
male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Being
Religious;
practice what you preach. Matthew
23
Today’s
excuses for not being obedient;
It
is to risky, It may cost me some time and effort as well as
taking me away from what I want to do.
It
their own fault so why should I help?
It
is way to costly, I need the money for my own desires.
I
just don’t have the time to do anything for anyone.
The
way we should deal with hurting people we chance to meet:
Be
spirit led as the Samaritan was in verse Luke 10:33
Do
what you can as he did in verse Luke 10:34
Invest
in the hurting people you meet as he did in verse Luke10: 35
Love
people everywhere and anyway you can
The
greatest thing you can do is show the love of Christ to the
downtrodden you chance to meet, and you best do this by sharing
Christ with them.
Who
will you happen upon today?
Could
it be a neighbor?
Could
it be a co-worker?
Could
it be a relative?
Could
it be a stranger you chance to meet?
As
Christians we should follow Christ’s word when we see a
hurting person and do all we can to minister to their needs.
As you go through you day remember
Christ’s words in Luke 10; 37
“Go
and do likewise.”
As
Christians we should follow Christ’s word when we see a
hurting person and do all we can to minister to their needs.
Will
you be like the robber who said, "What's yours is
mine".
Will
you be like the priest who said, " What's mine is
mine".
Will
you be like the Samaritan and say " What's mine is
yours".
Clyde
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